Mississippi State senior associate athletics director for the Bulldog Club and ticket operations Mike Richey says the school has sold out of its allotted tickets for the Bulldogs' Sat., Sept. 13 visit to Ladd-Peebles Stadium to play South Alabama.

It will be Mississippi State's third game of the year -- the Bulldogs play Southern Miss on Aug. 30 and UAB on Sept. 6, both at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville.

The game represents South Alabama's first home game of the year and it's second game of the season. The Jags open the season at Kent State on Sat., Sept. 6. The Jags don't play the opening week of college football.

The game projects to be the best-attended home game in South Alabama's young football history. USA officials are hopeful it will be the program's first sellout.

"That's a cool town to visit and a lot of our fans are familiar with it and go there quite a bit on the way to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and places in that area,'' Richey said. "We have a lot of alums in that area, and really the whole I-10 corridor is a great area of us in terms of our alumni.

"I think everything fell into place -- it's the location, it's the opponent and the venue and all of those things. I think it's going to be great. I'm looking forward to the game personally because of all the years of watching the Senior Bowl, I've never been to that stadium. That will be interesting too.''

Greg Keel, South Alabama's director of ticket sales and donor donations, said tickets for the game are selling at a brisk pace. he said only about 1,000 seats remain available on the East stands, with about 2,000 remaining along the West stands. There are end zone seats available.

Those interested may purchase individual game tickets beginning Monday, including the Mississippi game. Tickets for the MSU game are priced at $35 each. Those purchasing groups of 15 or more tickets for the game can do so at $20 per ticket. Tickets can be purchased online at www.usajaguars.com or at the athletic ticket office at the Mitchell Center on campus. Tickets are also available by phone at 251-461-1872.